#i mean mcu stans having no media literacy

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Ari, late twenties, she/her. 

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#good post op #pinned

[kelvintimeline]

MCU stans are just in a lame cult

Meh, I don’t like misusing that word, plus I feel like that gives greater power to the MCU when the issue is a lack of media literacy in general.

By that I mean, it’s twofold.

One, in a capitalistic society, where free time is more rare than it should be, a lot of people engage with media to Just Be Fun or maybe do not have time to spare to Make It That Deep. So, the brain isn’t even turning on to deal with this. And that’s relatively fine.

But the bigger issue is we’re just... not taught how to know when propaganda is happening. The closest we are taught to media literacy is English class which is taught in such a defunct way (at least in public school, YMMV in higher education) that often overdoes things like authorial intent and makes people feel like teachers are just looking too deep and media analysis is STUPID or is just like... rote shit like tests asking “I need to make sure you actually read the book, so I’m gonna ask you to name the main charcater and the setting, we will not be discussing what this means as art, as politics, as a comment on humanity.”

Sort of “The curtain is red which symbolizes the author’s rage” vs “Can you tell me the main character of the play Hamlet.”

Critical analysis isn’t an enjoyable or even meaningful act to people who are taught it in this way nor are they even given teh tools they need to know about ACTUAL important analysis like biases, context, etc..

So, this isn’t a “MCU stans stupid” moment (though that’s true lol). It’s a more significant issue on a grander scale because our education system is failing to both entice people into engaging with media beyond “I want to get this reference and fit in and FEEL smart” and give them the tools to actually do that.

People are just simulating analysis by plugging together media references because that’s the only skillset they have left--connecting pop culture dots.

I hate it. I hate how much this has become the entire MCU spaces. But I’m not gonna say it’s because it’s a “cult.”

The issue is people go to media to turn their brains off and don’t have enough knowledge to respond when a siren is going off screaming “HEY TURN YOUR BRAIN ON FOR THIS, DO NOT INGEST, DO NOT INGEST THIS SILICA GEL OF PROPAGANDA.”

It’s a  major issue with MCU fans but it’s systemic.

#sorry i jus thate using the word cult casually now